DSCC outraises NRSC by $1M in October
By: James Hohmann November 18, 2013 05:13 AM EDT

The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee will announce Monday that it raised $4.8 million in October, entering this month with $11.1 million cash on hand.

The group’s GOP counterpart announced Friday that it raised $3.8 million last month and has $5 million cash on hand.

The Democratic committee has $6.2 million in debt. The National Republican Senatorial Committee has no debt.

Democrats have raised $43.5 million so far this cycle, $14 million more than the NRSC.

“We are grateful for our supporters who continue to allow us to do the important work of protecting a Democratic majority in the Senate,” DSCC Executive Director Guy Cecil says in a forthcoming statement.

November will be another strong month for the committee, with President Barack Obama headlining a handful of fundraisers from Miami to Dallas to Philadelphia.

First lady Michelle Obama will appear Monday in New York City at a DSCC fundraiser aimed at women.

October was the DSCC’s best off-year October ever, and it was the NRSC’s best haul so far this year.

NRSC communications director Brad Dayspring said that his committee’s financial position is comparable to what it was in 2010 and argued that the other side’s debt means the NRSC is in “a healthier fiscal position.”